Ibm Http Server For As/400 - IBM AS/400e User Handbook Manual

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IBM HTTP Server for AS/400

The IBM HTTP Server for AS/400 offers the following features:
• SNMP Subagent support is being added to allow Web server statistics to be placed in
a Management Information Base (MIB) and forwarded to an SNMP network manager,
such as Tivoli TME 10, on request.
• Log reporting provides the ability to define access reports, generate reports, view
reports and maintain report files using a graphical interface based on report templates.
• The new standard extended log file format is supported. This extended format allows
more data to be saved in the access log files and allows more control over which data
is stored in these files. Numerous analysis tools are available that use this new log
format.
• Web server error logs contains messages presented in the customer's language of
choice.
• Serviceability of the Web server is improved with additional trace points, additional
information in service traces, and improved first-failure-data-capture (FFDC)
information.
• HTML files are dynamically cached in memory when a URL request for that file is
processed. Subsequent requests for that file are handled without the need to perform
file I/O.
• Multi-threaded CGI programs are supported. Multi-thread programs can often be more
efficient than single threaded programs.
• New APIs to the HTTP server are provided that allow third-party management tools to
query the value of certain configuration directives, as well as use the Web server's
mapping rules for a URL.
• The following additional HTTP methods are supported:
– PUT: Allows a resource identified in a URL to be stored on the AS/400 system
– DELETE: Allows a resource identified by a URL to be deleted from AS/400 system
– User Defined methods: Additional methods with user-defined behavior may be
implemented
• The HTTP server uses LDAP to store configuration information and user
authentication information.
• A new Domino plug-in is provided that allows the HTTP server to access documents
stored in Notes.
• Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) support is added to the integrated IBM
HTTP server. The PICS specification enables labels (metadata) to be associated with
Internet content. It was originally designed to help parents and teachers control what
children access on the Internet, but it also facilitates other uses for labels, including
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